I missed meeting the boys by literally minutes.
I lived in Vancouver from 2007 to 2009 and worked for a small computer company. Little did I know when I started there but both Mushroom Studios AND The Warehouse were clients of ours.
So, it was early 2008 and I'm doing a morning call in Burnaby. My cell phone goes off and it's a co-worker. I answer and (to make a long story short) he tells me he's at The Warehouse and if I like AC/DC, he could introduce me to Brian, Mal & Angus as they'll be there until around noon when they break for lunch. They'd stopped recording because something fouled up with the PC in the studio and the limo won't be there until noon to take 'em to lunch. How quick can you get here?
Well, I was only doing a couple printer replacements so I got that done as quick as could be and booked it outta there. The Warehouse is down on Powell St. near downtown Vancouver and it's roughly 11:30am. Traffic is not heavy, but traffic in Vancouver generally SUCKS.
I got there with about 10 minutes to spare so, at the very least I was hoping to get a "Hi hello how are you" and maybe an autograph. I had really hoped to get a few words with Brian 'cuz I knew even back then that he was a HUGE Petrol head and has a collection of classic cars. He's also a Geordie (meaning from the North-east of England) and I dated a gal from Newcastle in my youth, so I'd hoped we'd have a slight connection.
ANYWHO, by the time I drove by the studio, the limo was already there and I knew my time was short. I pulled around into the back lot, parked completely illegally and was on my phone to my co-worker to come 'round back and let me in.
He picks up and he doesn't even say "hello" he just says "Don't bother."
WHAT!?!?!?!? :yikes
"They just walked out the front door to the limo."
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And that's my story.
God Speed, Brother Mal.